Notification according to chapter 9, section 5 of the Securities Market Act: Nordea Funds Oy's ownership in Valmet has fallen below 5 percent

Valmet Corporation's stock exchange release on November 6, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. EET

Valmet Corporation (business ID 2553019-8) has on November 6, 2014 received a notification referred to in Securities Market Act from Nordea Funds Oy (business ID 1737785-9), stating that the company's ownership and share of votes in Valmet Corporation has fallen below the threshold of 5 percent (1/20).

As a result of share transactions on November 5, 2014, the holding of Nordea Funds Oy decreased to 7,240,716 shares (previously 7,513,864 shares), representing an ownership of 4.832 percent (previously 5.014 percent) of Valmet Corporation's total number of shares and share of votes.

Valmet Corporation has one series of shares in which each share carries one vote. The aggregate number of shares is 149,864,619.

Further information, please contact:
Rasmus Oksala, General Counsel, Valmet Corporation, tel. +358 10 672 0026

VALMET CORPORATION

Markku Honkasalo
CFO

Hanna-Maria Heikkinen
VP, Investor Relations

Valmet Corporation is a leading global developer and supplier of services and technologies for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our 11,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day.

Valmet's services cover everything from maintenance outsourcing to mill and plant improvements and spare parts. Our strong technology offering includes entire pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bio-energy production.

The company has over 200 years of industrial history and was reborn through the demerger of the pulp, paper and power businesses from Metso Group in December 2013. Valmet's net sales in 2013 were approximately EUR 2.6 billion. Valmet's objective is to become the global champion in serving its customers.

Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.